Example Sentences

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“As a writer, I am stealing continually,” Zadie Smith said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

My husband says I am stealing and should leave it where it is.

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2021

Replied Korngold, “That’s because you are stealing from me and I am stealing from you.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2017

“I feel like I am stealing money at this point,” Dennis said.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2011

Or else to evil Carnoy I am stealing, Past sentinels who hail with bated breath; Where not a cigarette spark's dim revealing May hint our mission in that zone of death.

From Rhymes of a Red Cross Man by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)